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blueberry

UK/ˈbluːb(ə)ɹi//ˈbluˌbɛ.ɹi/

blueberry noun: an edible round berry, belonging to the cowberry group (Vaccinium sect. Cyanococcus), with flared crowns at the end, that turns blue on ripening.

blueberry: an edible round berry, belonging to the cowberry group (Vaccinium sect. Cyanococcus), with flared...
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Noun

blueberry (countable and uncountable, plural blueberries)

  1. (countable) An edible round berry, belonging to the cowberry group (Vaccinium sect. Cyanococcus), with flared crowns at the end, that turns blue on ripening.
    • Meronym: anthocyanin
    • Applesaucey Tricks Galore / Looks elaborate but isn’t: Take bakers sponge cake shells. In each one put a big spoonful of canned apple sauce, then a scoop of vanilla ice cream and top all with blueberry sauce, or with the fresh berries.1962 July 29, Features Magazine (Wichita Falls Times), Wichita Falls, Tex., page 20, column 1
  2. (countable) The shrub of the above-mentioned berry.
  3. A dark blue colour.
  4. (countable, informal) A kind of small spherical hematite-rich mineral concretion found on Mars.
    • On sol 46 (March 11, 2004 on Earth), Opportunity gathered data on a cluster of blueberries and confirmed the team's suspicions that this area of Mars once contained liquid water.2023, Katie L. Carroll, Selfies From Mars: The True Story of Mars Rover Opportunity, page 2

Adjective

blueberry (comparative blueberrier, superlative blueberriest)

  1. Of a dark blue colour.
    • > > > > > > The color choice in the shop was Plum, Orange Peel, Periwinkle, or
      > > > > > > Lime.
      […]
      > > > Periwinkle, now renamed blueberry. Second choice, orange peel.
      >
      > > It looks to my eye that "blueberry" is, uh, bluer than "periwinkle."
      […]
      On-site, Blueberry looked blueberrier than...2007 September 9, Veronique, “Bowls”, in alt.fan.cecil-adams (Usenet), archived from the original on 24 Feb 2024
  2. (rare) Resembling or characteristic of blueberries.
    • Breyers finds the sweetest, sunniest blueberries. Gently presses their just-picked flavor into a smooth puree. Then mixes lavishly with Breyers famous Vanilla Ice Cream. The result—the tastiest blueberriest flavor ever!1964 August 24, Breyers, “blueberry vanilla ice cream”, in The Daily Record, volume 75, number 122, Stroudsburg, Pa., page 5
    • The blueberry muffin with the blueberriest flavor. / More blueberry flavor than any other mix. […] If you like more blueberry flavor in your muffins, this is the one.1970 February, Betty Crocker, “The blueberry muffin with the blueberriest flavor”, in Better Homes and Gardens, volume 48, number 2, Des Moines, Ia.: Meredith Corporation, page 107
  3. (rare) Containing blueberries.
    • Down leaped Ron and milked the frothiest, fruitiest, blueberriest milkshake anybody had ever tasted.2005 May 24, Rowan Clifford, Rodeo Ron and His Milkshake Cows, New York, N.Y.: Borzoi Books, Alfred A. Knopf, →ISBN
    • The idea of a bagel had whetted my appetite so I made my way to Amy’s place near the park. / “Tommy! Good to see you, honey! Fresh blueberry, today.” / “You always know what I want. That’s great! Thanks.” / “Where’s Gussy?” she asked as she picked though the assortment. “I’ll find you the largest...2005 June 30, David Drake, “Renewing Old Acquaintances”, in Tommy Powers and the Mutant Stranger (Tommy Powers; 2), Fayetteville, Ark.: The Family of Man Press, →ISBN, page 37

Verb

blueberry (third-person singular simple present blueberries, present participle blueberrying, simple past and past participle blueberried)

  1. To gather or forage for blueberries.
    • We blueberried on an open flat beside the river. The ground was covered with great frosted blue globules, sweet and warm in the sunshine.1939, Kathrene Pinkerton, Wilderness Life, Carrick and Evans (1939), page 179
    • The "white longlegged, long-necked bird" seen by your Ayer reader while she was blueberrying on the shore of a pond was either the Little Blue Heron in white phase or immature, […]1947 August 26, Robert Wallcott, Albert Hale, “What People Talk About”, in Daily Boston Globe

Proper noun capitalized: Blueberry

Blueberry (countable and uncountable, plural Blueberrys)

  1. An unincorporated community in Douglas County, Wisconsin, United States.
  2. A surname.

blueberry meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Tagalog and Arabic

blueberry in Hindi

fruit
नीलबदरी nīlbadrī, ब्लूबेरी blūberī

blueberry in Tamil

fruit
அவுரிநெல்லி avurinelli

blueberry in Tagalog

fruit
arandanong bughaw

blueberry in Arabic

fruit
تُوت أَزْرَق tūt ʔazraq, بْلُو بيرِي blū béri
plant
تُوت أَزْرَق tūt ʔazraq, بْلُو بيرِي blū béri
More languagesFewer languages
blueberry in Malay
beri biru
blueberry in Indonesian
bluberi
blueberry in Persian
بلوبری bluberi
blueberry in Vietnamese
việt quất xanh

Examples of blueberry in a sentence

  • When I was a kid, my mom bought a brand of super-cheap imitation blueberry muffin mix that had a tagline on the box: “Blueberrier than real blueberries!”2014, Brooks Headley with Chris Cechin-De La Rosa, Brooks Headley’s Fancy Desserts: The Recipes of Del Posto’s James Beard Award–Winning...
  • Fresh blueberry, today.” / “You always know what I want.2005 June 30, David Drake, “Renewing Old Acquaintances”, in Tommy Powers and the Mutant Stranger (Tommy Powers; 2), Fayetteville, Ark.: The...
  • Fat-Free Blueberry Muffins / The “blueberriest” of muffins and low fat, too!2007, The Bakers at Hodgson Mill, Hodgson Mill Whole Grain Baking: 400 Healthy and Delicious Recipes for Muffins, Breads, Cookies, and...
  • You name the occasion and I’m making a blueberry pie for him to celebrate.2010, Joanne Chang with Christie Matheson, Flour: Spectacular Recipes from Boston’s Flour Bakery + Cafe, San Francisco, Calif.: Chronicle...

All 40 example sentences with blueberry

Forms of blueberry

Noun
pluralblueberries
Adjective
comparativeblueberrier
superlativeblueberriest
Verb
third-person singular presentblueberries
present participleblueberrying
past participleblueberried
pastblueberried
Proper noun
pluralBlueberrys

Plural of blueberry: blueberries

Origin of blueberry

From blue + berry.

Words formed from blueberry

Phrases with blueberry

Questions about blueberry

What does blueberry mean?
Blueberry means an edible round berry, belonging to the cowberry group (Vaccinium sect. Cyanococcus), with flared crowns at the end, that turns blue on ripening.
What is blueberry in Hindi?
Blueberry in Hindi is नीलबदरी (nīlbadrī), ब्लूबेरी (blūberī). See Blueberry meaning in Hindi.
How do you use blueberry in a sentence?
When I was a kid, my mom bought a brand of super-cheap imitation blueberry muffin mix that had a tagline on the box: “Blueberrier than real blueberries!”
What part of speech is blueberry?
Blueberry can be a noun, an adjective, a verb or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce blueberry?
Blueberry is pronounced /ˈbluːb(ə)ɹi/ (UK).
What is the plural of blueberry?
The plural of blueberry is blueberries.

Words near blueberry in the dictionary

  1. blueberrier
  2. blueberries
  3. blueberriest
  4. blueberrita
  5. blueberritas
  6. blueberry
  7. blueberry ash
  8. blueberry ashes
  9. blueberry muffin babies
  10. blueberry muffin baby
  11. blueberryade

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